The Supreme Court today ordered that lawyers who have submitted their verification forms as per the Certificate of Practice Rules 2015, would be allowed to vote in State Bar Council elections..The Court also extended the deadline for holding elections to various State Bar Councils..The Court in its order noted that out of the.“15,34,531 advocates have been enrolled with various State Bar Councils, out of which, only 6,44,768 advocates have submitted their forms for verification. The State Bar Councils have sent 5,23,706 LLB Degrees for verification, out of which, the Universities have sent the reports with regard to only 1,65,339 degrees.”.The Court also noted that the State Bar Councils have not sent 1,21,062 LLB Degrees for verification to the various Universities. Further, the Universities have not yet sent the reports regarding verification of the Law Degrees in respect of 3,58,367 advocates..“Thus, about 4,79,429 advocates who have already submitted their forms and Law Degrees for verification would be adversely affected for no fault of theirs. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, we deem it fit and proper to modify our order dated 23.08.2017 and direct that all those 6,44,768 advocates, who have submitted their application forms along with Law Degrees for verification be enrolled and be shown in the electoral list. Of course, those advocates whose Law Degrees have been found false or fake as per the reports of the Universities shall be excluded from the electoral list.”.However, the court made it clear that if on verification, the Law Degrees of such advocates are found false or fake as per the report of the concerned University then appropriate orders, in relation to their enrollment and also in relation to the elections in which they were allowed to participate, would accordingly be passed by the Court..Regarding holding of elections the Court directed that.“The electoral list be published by 30.11.2017 and the time schedule mentioned in para 7 of the order dated 23.08.2017 will start from 01.12.2017. The State Bar Councils shall conclude all proceedings by 15.02.2018.”
The Supreme Court today ordered that lawyers who have submitted their verification forms as per the Certificate of Practice Rules 2015, would be allowed to vote in State Bar Council elections..The Court also extended the deadline for holding elections to various State Bar Councils..The Court in its order noted that out of the.“15,34,531 advocates have been enrolled with various State Bar Councils, out of which, only 6,44,768 advocates have submitted their forms for verification. The State Bar Councils have sent 5,23,706 LLB Degrees for verification, out of which, the Universities have sent the reports with regard to only 1,65,339 degrees.”.The Court also noted that the State Bar Councils have not sent 1,21,062 LLB Degrees for verification to the various Universities. Further, the Universities have not yet sent the reports regarding verification of the Law Degrees in respect of 3,58,367 advocates..“Thus, about 4,79,429 advocates who have already submitted their forms and Law Degrees for verification would be adversely affected for no fault of theirs. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, we deem it fit and proper to modify our order dated 23.08.2017 and direct that all those 6,44,768 advocates, who have submitted their application forms along with Law Degrees for verification be enrolled and be shown in the electoral list. Of course, those advocates whose Law Degrees have been found false or fake as per the reports of the Universities shall be excluded from the electoral list.”.However, the court made it clear that if on verification, the Law Degrees of such advocates are found false or fake as per the report of the concerned University then appropriate orders, in relation to their enrollment and also in relation to the elections in which they were allowed to participate, would accordingly be passed by the Court..Regarding holding of elections the Court directed that.“The electoral list be published by 30.11.2017 and the time schedule mentioned in para 7 of the order dated 23.08.2017 will start from 01.12.2017. The State Bar Councils shall conclude all proceedings by 15.02.2018.”
